holmes' attorney called the divorce a private matter. cruise's attorney said his client hopes the divorce will not be contentious. cruise has spoken about sp's, suppressive persons. the term used for people who try to impede the mission of scientology. again, radaronline. >> they said, have you met an sp? i looked at him -- you know, i thought what a beautiful thing. maybe one day it will be like that. you know what i'm saying? maybe one day it will be -- wow, sp. they'll read about those in history books. >> reporter: whether any of this plays into the split with holmes is yet unknown. but when cruise and his second wife, actress nicole kidman divorced, similar speculation appeared. kidman, who also raised catholic, never seemed to fully embrace scientology and after the breakup she was described as enjoying a homecoming in the catholic church. as for cruise, one last time listen to radaronline. >> i do it the way i do everything. there's nothing part of the way for me. >> reporter: there is no sign he has any intention of backing away